Goodbye Kansas

Well, got to Oakley, Kansas yesterday. Pretty boring flat ride. Fairly nice campground, at least it is level! Asher has decided when we are at a campground he is King of the dashboard. He keeps an eye on everything! Just took it easy most of the afternoon. Woke up this morning Sunday June 25th to numerous alerts on my phone for severe weather. OMG....that is the only thing that bothers me. A tornado in Kansas, oh my! Turned out to be unpredicted rain and wind.  

So I took off to see Monument Rocks. I followed the gps on my phone and it took me on a road up and down hills that was nothing but dirt and a few rocks.  Due to the storm it was like riding on ice, slipping and sliding all over the place. It was 15 miles long and took almost an hour. Since it was all private property the fields were labeled by groves.....grove 16, grove 12, etc. so I knew AAA could find me if necessary . Whew! Was too late to turn around so I forged forward and hoped it was going to be worth the terrifying trip. Boy, was it worth it! This area and most areas millions of years ago was sea! When the sea receded or disappeared it left these amazing geological monuments. I hope by the pictures you can see that these Monuments are in the middle of fields of farms and flatness! After speaking to a few other people that were there they told they came in from another direction. Few miles longer but oh so much more pleasant. 

    

      On the way down the road I noticed this one, single, all alone bit of color. Got out to take a picture. As soon as I got back in the car a deer ran across the road into the fields. That is the second animal I have seen. The first was a skunk crossing the road right in front of me. Thank heavens I missed it!

After I left I stopped at a car wash. Thought it was pretty clean but when I stopped across the street to go to Buffalo Bills Museum, I couldn't believe what was caked under the car and in the wheel wells.  The museum was closed but got some great shots of the monument. It took me over an hour to get the caked up mud and gravel out from under my car. It was like cement. Should've taken a picture of that, lol!

    

Thoroughly pooped, I drove right next door to Cap'n Jack's Pub. It looks like a real hole in the wall. Again in the middle of nowhere. Supposedly it is the 5 star restaurant of NW Kansas. People come to the campground just to eat here. Well, it was a hole in the wall, the place was small but packed and the food was delicious! Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Off to Drake, Colorado tomorrow, 311 miles. I will be there for 6 days to visit my friend Sue and her mom Gerry. Been looking forward to this for a long time!